The new year is here, and several
significant royal anniversaries will be celebrated throughout
Europe in the year ahead. The Danish Crown Princess Mary is
celebrating her 50th birthday this year, and this will be
celebrated on a large scale if the pandemic allows it. On 3
February, Crown Princess Mary will open an exhibition at
Frederiksborg Castle celebrating her life and achievements. Called…
A new stamp is set to be released to mark
50 years on the Danish throne for Queen Margrethe. PostNord will
issue the new stamp sheet on 2 January featuring three stamps to
mark Her Majesty’s Golden Jubilee. Queen Margrethe is featured on
two of the stamps; one…
January Queen Margrethe began the New
Year with a poignant speech, urging us all to “Not lose heart” over
the ongoing pandemic. As the Danish Royal Family is renowned for
their New Year’s and New Year’s Eve events, the team here at Royal
Central looked back at…
A new book detailing Crown Princess
Mary’s royal life will be published ahead of her 50th birthday in
February. Mary – HRH The Crown Princess (in Danish: Mary – HKH)
will be released on 31 January by Danish publisher Politikens
Forlag as a photographic book featuring work by Danish and
international photographers. According to the publisher, these
photographers will “give a rare insight…
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark has
directed a donation of $50,000 to the Gisèle Kambou Centre in
Burkina Faso through her eponymous Mary Foundation. In a statement
on the Mary Foundation’s website, Crown Princess Mary said: “Girls
and young women in Burkina…
The Danish Royal Household has announced
that Crown Princess Mary has tested positive for COVID-19.
The news came via a statement from the Court in the early afternoon
of 15th December 2021. The announcement said that the Crown
Princess is currently alone in…
Queen Margrethe shares childhood photos from St. Lucia celebrations
15th December 2021
A special holiday took place this week in
the Nordic nations as they celebrated St Lucia, a Christian saint.
The celebration is marked by young children dressing up, holding
candles in the dark, singing and handing out a traditional pastry
called “lussekatter.” To mark the holiday, the Danish Royal Court
published several older photographs of how the Royal Family
celebrated the day during…
Hunting is known to be a longstanding
royal tradition with many regal roots. Although controversial in
some quarters, it is a tradition many royal families still
undertake, with the sport being an annual highlight. This is
certainly the case in Denmark where Crown Prince…
Queen Margrethe of Denmark has cancelled
the planned New Year events at the beginning of 2022. The Danish
Royal House said the Queen has cancelled the banquet for the
government, Speaker of the Danish Parliament, representatives of
official Denmark and the Royal Court…
Many of Europe’s royals have dogs as
pets. What has been quite unknown to most people, however, is that
the Swedish King and the Danish Queen, also owns several elephan`s.
Now one of the royal elephants has died. The elephant was the son
of two elephants that were once given as a gift by another monarch.
The baby elephant, named Prince, died this week after a rapid
illness. Prince, who…
